Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
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I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
The crack of the whip like shots in battle,
The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads
That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;
The green beneath and the blue above,
And dash, and danger, and life and love.

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

Bred in the lap of Republican Freedom.

Bred in the lap of Republican Freedom.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, read more

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]